Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing called “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis” that hosted the leaders of most of the major social media platforms as witnesses. Senators who are just beginning to understand the platforms and dynamics at work in these systems and their effects on people and on society mostly took turns posturing for the cameras while the CEO’s of Meta, Tiktok, X, and Discord (not a social media platform) mostly read prepared remarks. We have seen dozens of versions of this hearing over the last few years where platform leaders come forward, get raked over the coals in odd displays of public shaming, talk about their half-measures, do not discuss meaningful changes to their business models or algorithms, and then continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying to protect their profits and ensure no meaningful regulations are passed.
Yes, you are so right. This is very much a reminder to me about when "famous" people like Kevin Hart "apologize" for their transphobic or homophobic comments. Saying you're sorry is easy? What actions will they take for their harm done. It should never get you off the hook.
Yes, you are so right. This is very much a reminder to me about when "famous" people like Kevin Hart "apologize" for their transphobic or homophobic comments. Saying you're sorry is easy? What actions will they take for their harm done. It should never get you off the hook.